Distal shunt revision: a simple method to avoid repeat laparotomy.

Marianayagam, Neelan J; Rajz, Gustavo; Ben Shalom, Netanel; Harnof, Sagi; Michowiz, Shalom

Marianayagam, Neelan J; Rajz, Gustavo; Ben Shalom, Netanel; Harnof, Sagi; Michowiz, Shalom.

Affiliation

Marianayagam NJ; a Department of Neurosurgery , Rabin Medical Center , Petah Tiqva , Israel.
Rajz G; a Department of Neurosurgery , Rabin Medical Center , Petah Tiqva , Israel.
Ben Shalom N; b Paediatric Neurosurgery Unit , Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel , Petah Tiqva , Israel.
Harnof S; a Department of Neurosurgery , Rabin Medical Center , Petah Tiqva , Israel.
Michowiz S; a Department of Neurosurgery , Rabin Medical Center , Petah Tiqva , Israel.

Br J Neurosurg ; 31(6): 677-678, 2017 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28532168

Subject(s)

Hydrocephalus/surgery; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt/methods; Catheterization/adverse effects; Catheterization/methods; Humans; Laparoscopy/statistics & numerical data; Laparotomy/statistics & numerical data; Postoperative Complications/etiology; Postoperative Complications/prevention & control; Postoperative Complications/surgery; Reoperation/statistics & numerical data; Retrospective Studies; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt/adverse effects

Key words

Shunt revision; VP-shunt; distal shunt revision; hydrocephalus

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Hydrocephalus Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Br J Neurosurg Journal subject: NEUROCIRURGIA Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Israel Country of publication: United kingdom

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